A PBS documentary on the Great Lakes is scheduled for production in 2009 & 2010 and will be aired in 2011. Details here...
For those members cruising to the Rendezvous in Port Colborne this summer, the harbor report for Erie, PA, (E-4) has just been extensively updated. You'll want to have a copy on board if you're cruising the east end of Lake Erie. Here's a link to it...
Reverie has posted some cruise plans here. This is on the home page to remind members of this feature of our website.
The Community Foundation of St. Clair County, Port Huron, MI, will give GLCC Commodore Jim Acheson a lifetime achievement award on June 11. The honor is given for his extraordinary personal support and dedication to philanthropy, along with the 65 years of support from the Acheson family.
Here's an excellent account of beginning the new season, written by Jim Wooll...
Don't be confused—this newcomer group is the "Great Lakes Cruising Coalition," designed to promote passenger cruise liners on the Great Lakes. Details here...
The June issue of Lifeline is available for download here. The printed version will be available in approximately three weeks. Note that the on-line version does not contain the event-registration forms for the Rendezvous, rallies, and other events—these forms are available on the "Events" pages...
A different sort of cruise began on Lake Superior at Two Harbors, April 6. Captain Tommy Cook started his trip through the Great Lakes amidst ice and snow, with the eventual goal of exiting the Lakes via the St. Lawrence, then sailing up through the Northwest Passage, arriving in Alaska next fall.
Need a taste of cruising the North Channel?